23.05.2025

Anti-dumping investigation to continue

The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced today that it has determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. crane industry - largely Manitowoc - has been materially injured by imports of lattice boom crawler cranes from Japan that have allegedly been sold in the United States at less than fair value.
See the original news report: Manitowoc accuses Kobelco of dumping

There are normally six commissioners on the Commission, with both parties represented – equally - but at the moment three positions are vacant, leaving Amy Karpel, the chairman, David Johanson and Jason Kearns to decide. Karpel and Kearns are democrats appointed by Donald Trump, while Johanson is a Republican appointed by Barack Obama – All three voted to enable the U.S. Department of Commerce to continue its investigation and expects to issue its preliminary anti-dumping duty determination on or about September 17th of this year.

The Commission’s public report, ‘Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes from Japan (Inv. No. 731-TA-1742 (Preliminary), USITC Publication 5634, June 2025), will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigation. That report should be published by June 16th .